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A bag for Juliane

Activity 3 of 3

MakeCode

7-11 yrs, 11-14 yrs

In this activity, students learn about Juliane, a girl from Zimbabwe who has come to England as a refugee and create a light up bag for her journey to school.

Key learning:

  • To develop empathy and understanding for child refugees
  • To design a bag to help Juliane, a child refugee, feel safer on her school journey
  • To design and code a light for Juliane’s bag using micro:bit
  • To create a bag featuring a micro:bit light and other features to help Juliane (if you have materials)

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